Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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SNCC Freedom Singers (1962-1966)
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Horace Roscoe Cayton, Sr. (1859-1940)
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
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Jeffrey Brace (ca. 1742-1827)

Explore Global African History

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(1993) Nelson Mandela, “Nobel Peace Prize Address”
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African Democratic Rally (1946- )
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Angel Fournier Rodriguez (1987- )
Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Fourah Bay College (1827- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Myth of the Buffalo Soldiers
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The TransPacific Struggle over Citizenship: Seeking Welfare Rights in Kawasaki City, Japan and Los Angeles, California,1962-1982
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A New Era Begins: The Significance of the Barack Obama Victory, 2008
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The Blood of Entertainers: The Life and Times of Jimi Hendrix’s Paternal Grandparents

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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